Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale

Rivista | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
Fascicolo | 57 | 2023
Articolo | Instrument syntactic realization in Italian and LIS

Instrument syntactic realization in Italian and LIS

A cross-modal comparative study and implications for interpreting practice

Abstract

This study compares how instruments are syntactically realized in Italian and LIS, using a cross-modal comparative approach. In Italian, Instruments are syntactically realized only when they are not recoverable from the verb. Three Instrument types are identified: shadow, default, and open. Only shadow Instruments are incorporated into the verbal root. As for LIS, our analysis reveals that shadow Instruments are preferred and finer-grained compared to Italian, probably due to visual modality. This has implications for Italian-to-LIS interpretation, as interpreters might make a wrong choice when Italian does not specify, but LIS requires a shadow Instrument.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 06 Aprile 2023 | Accettato: 22 Giugno 2023 | Pubblicato 30 Ottobre 2023 | Lingua: en

Keywords Semantic recoverability • Semantic incorporation • Instruments • Italian Sign Language • Italian

Copyright © 2023 Lara Mantovan, Alice Suozzi. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2023/11/004


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